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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-05-19
The Honey Bird.

We came to large piece of TIMBER
and while passing through it had my
first experience with the honey bird Of
South Africa. This curious little bird!
is, in size and plumage, about like an
English sparrow, and gets his name
from the fact that the little fellow, who
is very fond of honey, being unable to
obtain it for himself, will lead men to-
the places where the wild bees have
hidden stores of rich wild honey
Whenever this bird sees man he VIII
fly close to him, lowering around, ut
tering twittering sound; then he wilb
60 OF in the direction of the place
(generally tree)where the honey isl
flying backward and forward in zig
gag fashion. Then back he will come
tWltterlng IN the same manner, as if to
say: Come along, I'll show YOU
where it is" These actions are re-
peated until the tree is reached, when
the bird will indicate it very plainly
by flying to it and lowering around it.
If the distance is great (and some
times the honey bird will lead person
who is willing to follow distance OF
ten miles), he will wait on a tree until
the follower comes up and will then
continue his business of plotting. He
is very persistent and will do his best
to draw any one on, but if the party is
not posted about honey birds and re-
fuses to follow, or goes in the wrong
direction, the bird will leave, probably
in search of some person who will ap-
preciate his efforts to provide him with
sweetmeats.
While the bees are being smoked
out and the honey taken up, the bird
will hover in the vicinity until the job
is done, when of course his reward
comes in the shape of feast on the
fragments that are left. If he knows
of other hives, just as soon as one is
disposed of he will lead the way to ar
other, and L have, since this time.
known as many as four trees to be
taken up by party in one day. When
the honey bird has shown one tree, if the
hunters are satisfied with that and re-
fuse to follow him further, he leaves
them; but have never heard of an in
stance in which the bird misled any
one in regard to finding honey. It
frequently happens. however, that
honey bird will lead person into very
dangerous places, and unless the hum
ter keeps his eyes about him, when fol-
lowing this bird, he may run right
onto a lion, avenomous snake, or some
other equally undesirable acquaint-
ance.-Anlericdn Field
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/ look and tone-a strength, a truth, a
thorough reliability It that gave me
comfort, somehow. / found myself
thinking:
If it had been my fate to love such
a man as that, should be nearer hap
piness than am to-day
Rut l kept my thoughts to myself.
Only from that hour ! was sensible
that l regretted my lost hopes and
happiness for their own sake, far more
than mourned for the false lover on
whom they had been founded.
One week later all my property was
sold. had paid off Toms debts; and,
accompanied by his wife and child,
joined him in a distant home
There we began life anew. / had a
small income still, and Tom obtained
a lucrative position. The lesson of
the past was not lost upon him. The
sacrifice l had made was not in vain.
Dear Tom was changed man
changed for the better. Whatever
had lost had been his gain.
And what had lost? The money I
counted less than nothing; and Harry
Hatton's love was not worth regret.
What was it, then? | sighed for the
y
sion gone from life so early.
''Oh. to be well and truly lovedY l
thought. And then my thoughts
never went back to Harry.
Another filled them. Strange Inn
preston that man had made upon me;
seen only once; never to be forgotten.
| thought of him constantly; and
heard from him, through Eva. now
and then.
what is your brothers wife like,
Evap" l asked her once just to try her.
HE has none," she answered. II
know what l should wish her to be
like, though"
And her eyes dwelt on me In o way
that made my tell-tale color rise.
A few days afterwards she came to
me laughing.
II told John of your question, and
only hear what he says"
She reads aloud:
Tell Lydia my wife Chat is 10 be,
| hope) resides in your city. I hope
to visit you before very long, and in.
troduce her to you"
And he did. With the merry Christ
mas season John came. l think that
was the very happiest season of my
life. Of course you guess how it all
ended. smile now, looking back and
remembering that 1 fancied once l
loved another than John.
That was a dream, but this reality.
All my sacrifices have been well re-
paid, and all my loss was gain; I
realize that, every time hear pretty
Eva speak of meas / first spoke of
her-as ''my brothers wife,"
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Away.
l cannot say, and ! will not say
That he is dead. He is just awayi

cannot say, and will not say
That he is dead. He is just awayl
With a CHEEKY smile and a wave of the hand
He has wandered into an unknown land.
And left us dreaming how very fair
1t needs must be, since he fingers there.
And you-O, you, who the widest yearn
For the old-time step and the glad return,
Think of him faring on, as dear
In the love of there as the love of here;
And loyal still, as he gave the blows
OF his warrior strength to his country's foes
Mild and gentle as he was brave
When the sweetest love of life he gave
To simple things; Where the violets grew
Pure as the eyes that were likened to.
The touches of his hands have stayed
AS reverently as his lips have prayed.
When the dear little brown-thrush that
harshly chirped
Was dear to him as the mocking-bird;
And he pitied as much a man in pain
A writhing honey-bee wet with rain.
Think of him still as the same, say.
He is not dead-he is just awayi
james Whitcomb Riley.
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m '7l-'s4" is the official appellation

m '71-'S4" is the official appellation
of the new weapon adopted by the
German army, which, translated, or
rather written out in full, would sig
Nifty: ..Manser. gun invented in 1871,
changed into magazine gun in 1884. !"
The first improvement to be noted is
the fact that empty cartridges, after
firing are expelled by a spring instead
of being jerked out by a movement of
the hand. Another improvement is
the easy use of the trigger and almost
entire absence of recoil- The maga-
zine, consisting of a barrel running
parallel with the bore, contains eigh.
cartridges, which are pushed backward
by means of spiral spring. As they
enter the lower chamber of the lock
so-called spoon lifts them into the
firing chamber, whence the shells are
subsequently, expelled by special
cOntriVance
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-05-19

Two young Northern men, one of
them, it is said of wealthy family of
New Y York, had their photographs taken
in bar-room in Thomasville, Ga, as
they were taking drink. The photo
grapher made extra copies and dis
played them for sale. One of the
young men heard of this, went to the
photographers gallery, got possession
of the negative, and broke it. The
photographer had him arrested and
tried for malicious mischief, and he
WAS convicted and fined.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-05-19

Six miles from Mackinaw, Illinois,
is bit of ground eighty feet square
that is always so warm that snow
melts as soon as it falls upon it. 1t is
said that when the earth there is dis
turbed it flashes like burning gum
powder, and that peculiar gas comes
from the ground, which so far has
shattered every vessel in which an
effort has been made TO eolfins it. .
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-05-19

Senator Fairs son, who sacrificed
81 ZOO, 900 when he got drunk and shot
at ex-Congressman Page, has been
sued for $50, 900 damages by a hotel
clerk who interfered with his pistol
practice and whom he also tried to fire
out. Altogether it was rather costly
SDree.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-05-19

Banker Joe Drexel, of New York
and Philadelphia, plays the fiddle and
tive other instruments with faeiltya
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-05-19

M, G. MCBRIDE, M. D.,
homeopathic Physician and surgeon.
OFFICE in Poe's Block, over Grocery Of y.
VanG 3SS,
North of Bowery Street. si5
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A. N, FARR,

I. Z. SIDDALL,
Attorney at Law. Once In Phenix BlocI
Ravenna, 0hid. 479
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e. Y. LACEY,
A rToRNEY AT LAW, and NOTAR,
A PUBLlO.
once with NJ. STUART. North ChestnutSt
RsVenna. ohio.
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Business Cards.
T. H. PHELPS

I. Ell, PHELPS
A TrORNEY AND COUNsELLOR A
A LAW, Office over BRLDING b ARR
SIRoNG's, Main st.. Ravenna. Ohio.
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A. W. BEMAN,

Attorney at Law. OFFIcK, No. $50,
Broadway (lath W Ward). Cleveland. Ohio. ~
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@. II. GRIFFIN,

~ENTIST Office over First National Bank
ID once hours from Q. m. to D. m,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-12-30

Special ,pat'n TO The E>amin,r
DALLAS, Dec. - 4 hc TcNHs safe
Immigration conn lite, composed of
one member from each senatorial dis
trict, met this morning and formed a
peFmment organization by elocting J.
:. paughertV, of Dallas, chairman.
y committee OF three was appointed
TO notify tn" railway illcihls taat the
immigration state committee would
me, them at $50 y committee OF
tive ON ati les and rules
TO govern the future "a Gus
ot the state committee was then sp-
pointed. AZ 1880 the following ra J.
road representatives appeared on the
lloor Cult Colorado Il Santa Fee.
". ii. Snydca, vIc1-pr, sidcnt, and j.
;, Cark, general passenger ~
houston II rcNa, Cen raj Z Dllllng-
hem re,e yer, a Faulkner general
passenger Hgcn Missouri Pacific.
w III New mau, vicc-prc .idcnt, h w
McCuliOugh, general agent; John +
Ennis passenger ~ nj. Fort Worth
x Denver Morgan } ms.
President f. v Nolaud, general pas
,eDger agent. Texas ~ Pac tic, b W.
Me- uuOu4h, g,n, ri pus-ci ger agent.
Houston, East and West TEXAS rep
resented oy j. >. CArk, general pas
scuger agent of iii Gulf Colombo n
Santa Fc. st Louis & san Frauci,c,
represented by j. ;. Clark. II
W. X. lloman, general manager.
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GIT4 NGEL MEETING.


A call d meeting of the cllv council
of Waco wa. h,lIIost ri,,hi rcosont
~ r,, WI ,.1 =,
Mayo 7'"' s''' ~! WI ~ ~" ~
Beck. Aldermen, H. j Goodc {. G..
McCulioch 1. &C.. lIhDs. A j tauth-
ers, j. {. NtepGcns, " Nj. toprnoy,
w. -. Wallace John ~ enlcl absent,
W. II Hrlddtr. l. Nilllh.
Eeudrs OF minu cs OF last meeting
dispursed wl'h.
Mayor N'ur&is stated mat the bus
incs- before the netthg Wa- the ilN-
ingot the salaries of elective cily
officers, tor the ensuing term OF TWO
years, and also recommended me n.y.
p 'lntmepi OF commlt'ee 30 lnVe,ti-
gaze tne alleged ne OF interior stone
IN the TRIMMINGS o: ne new 81 y nail
mp II motion of Alderman Fou.n -,
seconded 10y Nldtim '1odr, n' en-
Tire couNcl including The
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PERSON Al.

ADRIAN lfVNIl, OF Jasper county, |
ale. is in the city.
VIZ. Cline. a popular Bolton
clerk II IL me city.
D,ouol,t. n Clarendon stock
a ~, ia '. nco YESTERDAY.
po,,.l fn mcrcban,o,G Cote.
nss ~ Waco Yesterday.
~ II I...snn AN Atbens ucr-
u.. IN iuwn Yesterday
",.-. -, s,,, Aao. o,a
Eo W 1,,,'" tbe c;,v
49,. IS.,,,
a. l. ~ NJ NJ " nv ,ei'a Ia - "
Wu' " ~ l,,..,,, c,a,.t.a,,. n.
W. II -, '''', ~, P.,'" .',0
'lsn'' ""9 ~ NV ''.! :! ''' N'9
|M George CIaFh mas returned
protest.. 'N'' ''S'' 10 vi s'"''
IS"
tJ. J Eoyhton mas returned
;lenjiag me no lusY- Ill ilAth-
county
&C. / Grant, a well-'o-do breed
fac stock at LoFeha, was ia
70 Yesterday.
tut. McGin'y, of Navasota, is
sng his old friend in TINS city,
eman Knott.
bou,v Commissioners Tom Cox,
Cross aud George Bird were III
cty Yesterday.
Dn.t,,ble oJeukins. after a long
.arinu. illness. is on deck again.
y to serve the public.
H. G. Williams. a farmer of
[.on bonpht tickets Yesterday
Fmr Central tor San Francisco.
- tIo..is aud Nt;es I,r.
,ris Ietl Yesterday for sun Diego
.Hvc AIR Harris was a prosperous
mrr Of mis- county.
L, RI n,., nroncietor of tina
~ ' q ~ p - 'u'' oHi., Nv
[diI q greer of the same place.
Ire In Waco bstlivht.
E.,,.u II pi+tu., mbn hoa
X ~. ndinG ne ho,'davs Win Ms
e. rrrurnoG vaS'nrJ,v 10 his
Elthu.:mass 81, ,Iort N'' ~ aus
Work. & II F.ronson - l.,,..
.nders Co,umuus O.io wrr,.
lnmiug tue city vesterdav.
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' ,naa 49, Hoi ~ ~ n hoai'n -
0' N"s''N'' ava ''0' '"'' -
y, George Arthur, press agent OF
iua,c'Fo '.oop, avn Wv. ooshi", 10
a. go -" * or va on nv ~ ,pU oad
w. "'' ''P va " N
"'V' .,,.
Judge Wll'lhihs Is Vlsltlhg her
Us at aus H. MI ana MIS-. l: a
Mean"h me heI nusD Ahu Is "
wer pro tom at the New Nc
Ind,
p ENAAuNEn j. GLAD to repor;
''ue Miss WINE iloDs, dauSh'eT
ueImAh MAJOR l. Z. iloo'' II
Gear oil ieVer ana RAPID ! con
Olg'
ta'n Sam Hunt, the popular live
agent, OF the Cotton Belt, Is
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KeIigIom- NntLce

Services at the Synagogue this
Friday evening at 8.o'clock. Itabb
Levy Will ofiiciste aud preach. AL
are invited.
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Foit ittt>T

t'ON NtNr-.rhr hrics .',rr room next to
s. MHrN's dry good house on Austin
street near uubr square \ good stauu ,ur y
uruL store or ilf -cuts II-uisu ny goods
house AppN l.M Br by 40 up~tsitsy
Austiu street or 10 B. ~turEIs
ROOM~ fNk RFNr NcuuN furnished,
~ tony,ui,uttp business Corner lrnnkliu
aud Ntuth Apply 81 Examined oihce
LNOR REST Five room nousc. good ciAtcru
u Thirteenth and Haruatt street AppN 10
~ D. iltN
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-12-30

New buck wheat Hour at Is. A. Lit
tie il Cos.
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uool,s sar,apararilA cures catsrrh oy er-
hhnU'UI NV ,t''nritv from the blood which is the
cause Of the compliant Give III triaI
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-30
A HUMAN DEATH TRAP.
A Murderous Family in No Mans Land
Kills MANY Victims.

WICHITA, Kan, Dec. "A Charles Ran
dolph, prominent cattle owner, has reached
this city from the country known as "No
Mans Land" or the Pan Handle of Texas
and tells a shocking story of crime committed
by family named Kelly, which very nearly
surpassed the bloody records of the famous
Bender family in this state.
The family is composed of the father, B.
Kelly his wife, daughter and son named
Bill. They kept ranch about ten miles
from the town of Oak City, and being To-
Gated on Travelled road it was not infre-
quent that pilgrims stopped at the ranch for
a nights lodging or a meal.
About Nov. Kelly'S family suddenly left
their ranch. No one seemed to know where
they went Nothing wrong was known of
the family before their departure, and the
suddenness of their flight caused no little
comment.
A week or so after they left several men
went to the deserted ranch and made a re-
markable discovery. Beneath the house was
a cellar, where the body Of dead man, fas t
decomposing, was found. A further search
was made of the premises and two other
bodies were found.
A very ingeniously arranged trap door was
discovered in the floor of the house, through
which it is supposed the victims were
dropped and then killed.
How many men the Kelly family is
guilty of having murdered is not known.
The mode of dealing with their victims was
strikingly similar to that of the Benders.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-30
FRENCH AFFAIRS.
Tho IrrepressibIe Boulanger-Gen. Fer
ron's Effective Work.

LONDON Dec. "a Whenever the irrepres-
sible Boulangcr thinks himself in danger of
being forgotten he reminds the world Of his
existence by letter more or less bombastic,
which, if news happened to be scarce, is
printed and commented upon by all the
journals of Europe. Characteristic indeed
is his recent note to M. Susini, declining the
latter's seat in the chamber of deputies on
the ground that in the war which he scents
afar off France will need warriors more than
legislators.
How the vivacious general will fare at the
hands of the new minister of war remains to
be seen. Gen. Ferron, as was to have been
expected, took every opportunity to snub
and repress the lively Boulanger, but the
latter's turn may come yet, for it is the gem
eral opinion that Gen. Logcrot, who replaces
Gen. Ferron, is hardly the man for the place.
Though Logerot is a brave soldier and good
general officer, it is to be doubted whether
he will come up even to the STANDARD of Gen.
Ferron, who, in his short administration of
six months, got through with great deal of
hard work in an unobtrusive manner.
Since Gen. Logerot has been at the head Of
the eighth army corps, however, he has had
comparatively nothing to do and has now
succeeded to a task which requires consider
able tact to accomplish properly, and which
Gen Ferron found to be no easy one. The
troops in the eastern departments of France
adjoining German territory had to be in
creased in number and raised to higher
state of efficiency without provoking re-
monstrance from the ever watchful German
authorities. To counterbalance the German
| forces eleven out of eighteen new regiments
of three battalions, each created by the law
of July 81 last, have been stationed in the
east of France
Gen. Fcrron was enabled to do this at very
little extra expense by supprC ssing the usual
fourth battalion and depot companies He
also ras d The Effective by distributing more
equally the reservists, 50 that in no company
do they now number more than half the
| rank and file. Under the law of July 20 he
obtained four new regiments of cavalry,
which viii be augmented to thirteen as soon
as the exgencies of the budget permit it to
be done. The French cavalry will then con-
sist Of ninetyon regiments, clos ly APP
preaching in number that of Germany,
which amounts to ninety-thres regiments
These now formations have increased the
tentatious manner.
A proposition to create several battalions
of Alpine chasseurs, to lie independent of
the regular army corps and intended to OPP
crate on the Italian frontier in case Of war,
met with less success but the Late war min
lister has built, or at least begun the con-
struction of, an excellently conceived line of
forts guarding the border in that direction
from the little st. Bernard to the shores of
the Mediterranean.
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PHILADELPHIA, Dec 4.-Capt. Walton,
of the schooner G. G. Cranmer, which ar
rived at this port Thursday from Norfolk,
tells story which may result in three Of
the crew of the waterlogged and abandoned
schooner d. +. Kelly beng tried for the
murder of their captain on the high seas
On Monday last the mate and crew of the
Cranmer boarded the schooner David f.
Kelly off Cape Henlopen. She had on board
a cargo of lumber, but was waterlogged
and had to be abandoned On making a
search they found the body of Capt
Taylor lying dead under the "lazaret," and
an examination revealed the fact that he
had been murdered There were finger
marks on his throat and several bruises on
his head. Beside him lay pistol with one
chamber empty.
When Capt. Waltons statement was made
known the agents of the illfated schooner in
this city Immediately telegraphed to New
York to have the rescued men placed under
arrest.
The government will send cutter to look
for the d. & E. Kelly and try and tow her
to port. She lies, it is thought, east south
east of Cape Henlopen. No cause can be as,
signed for the murder of tho captain except
robbery.
The mate of the Cramer says, judging
from the appearance of tho schooner's decks,
terrific struggle must have taken place.
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hank, and glide through life as
private citizen. Instead of getting
into office, or deeper into poll
tics | assure you my desire is TO keep out OF
the former and get out of the latter" With
reference to the part he took in nominating
Mr. Cleveland, he said: "My action at
Chicago was guided by cold judgment.
There was not particle of sentiment in it,
as there might have been if l had been urging
Mr. Tilden's nomination. | was careful not
to say to delegates from other states that we
could carry New York for Cleveland. | only
said that if we could not carry it for him,
did not know with whom we could carry it. "
Mr.. Manning was first married TO Miss
Mary Little, in 1853. She died in 1882
leaving two sons, James Hilton Manning,
who is the managing editor of The Argus
and Frederick Clinton Manning, who is an
active young business man in Albany.
These young men inherit in no degree what
ever their fathers political estate. They
have no taste nor inclination for publicity
beyond what is necessary for their business.
They are highly esteemed and popular, the
more so because they never sought personal
advantage from their fathers prominence
in his party. When Mr.. Manning accepted
the position of secretary of the treasury
state committee, which position he resigned
when the next state convention met. He
was also president of The Argus company,
president of the Albany National CONNER
cial bank, one of the park commissioners Of
that city. director in the Albany Street
Railroad company and in the Electric Light
company, and was trustee in the Fort
Orange Club corporation of Albany. On
bp m ip1 Matv
guerte Fryer, of Albany, who became
prominent in Washington society at the
beginning of the new Democratic admins
tration.
The illness of Mr. Manning dated from
March %, 1886, when he was attacked by
dizziness and sustained n heavy fall as he
was about to enter his Office in the treasury
building on returning from a meeting of the
cabinet. He was taken in carriage to his
home, where he remained for "A considerable
time under the care of physicians. There
were various reports as to the nature of this
attack and subsequent Illness but it is now
generally agreed that the trouble was apo
plexy. On June 4, 1856, he placed his resig-
nation as secretary of the treasury in the
hands of the president, assigning the impaired
condition of his health as its cause President
Cleveland declined to accept it, and induced
the secretary to take a long leave of absence.
On Feb, IA last Mr. Manning again sent in
his resignation, to take effect on March 4,
and the president accepted it with regret in
a highly complimentary letter. Soon after
he was relieved from his duties at Washing
ton Mr.. Manning sailed for Europe and
passed some time at an English watering
place in the bore of benefiting his health.
After his return he accepted the presidency
of the Western National bank in New York